Judging Books By Their Covers Archives - Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources

Golly gee whiz, guys! I’m sure out of breath from pedaling all the way back to the Secret Headquarters of the Comic Society of Book Grabbers, or CSBG for short! Old man Burgas just put out all the new books for June! Boy, wait till I tell you about some of these– they sure look neato! I only managed to save up a dollar from my paper route this month, but then I found two whole dimes on the sidewalk outside Mean Mrs. Curran’s house, so I bought ten whole comics! Which ones did I pick? I bet you can’t wait to find out my top ten at the end of this message! I borrowed my dad’s typewriter and everything! I think I’ll call it BLOG! For Billy’s List Of Goodness! Yeah!

I’ve already done DC, so now it’s Marvel’s turn. I may get a little sarcastic and mean after ploughing through DC’s covers earlier today and then making a straight run on these ones. Continue Reading »

First off, thanks for all of the great comments last month — and the surprising lack of “Bring back Brian” e-mails. Now, let’s get to judging DC’s August covers by terribly unfair and harsh standards. Continue Reading »

And, now, I turn my eye to Marvel’s July covers. There are so damn many of them. Thankfully, I don’t do these posts in one go or, by the end, I’d be insane and writing nothing but gibberish peppered with the odd f-word. Actually, that sounds much easier than trying! Hmm… Continue Reading »

Marvel’s January solicits are up (they’ve been up so long that February came out this past Tuesday!), so let’s make some prejudgments based just on the covers (as we all love to make prejudgments, don’t we?).

Marvel’s December solicits are up (they’ve been up so long that February is around the bend!), so let’s make some prejudgments based just on the covers (as we all love to make prejudgments, don’t we?).